diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/bare-static-string.rs b/src/test/run-pass/bare-static-string.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15a685cefddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/bare-static-string.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fn main() {
+    let x: &static/str = "foo";
+    io::println(x);
+}
+